Estevan was well=represented at the 2018 Canadian Trapshooting Championships, hosted in Brandon, Man., from June 27 to July 1.
Local shooters came home with a number of championships.
Sam Meek is the sub-junior doubles champion. Logan King won the junior doubles crown and Reg King is the Class D doubles champion. Jason Coldwell is the high all-around Class C champion.
Logan King also tied for the junior handicap championship and lost in a shootout in the rain.
Trapshooting is a game of movement, action and split-second timing. It requires the accuracy and skill to repeatedly aim, fire and break the 4 1/4-inch discs, which are hurled through the air at a speed of 70 kilometres per hour, simulating the flight path of a bird fleeing a hunter.
In doubles, the shooters must break two targets launched from the trap house simultaneously. One clay pigeon flies to the left while the other flies to the right. The target path remains constant, but the challenge is if the shooter can hit both targets before they hit the ground.
Each target is scored individually, not as a pair.
